James Murphy

I actually really love people.

— James Murphy

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— James Murphy

I'm a very self-conscious person.

— James Murphy

I'm generally a very optimistic guy.

— James Murphy

I'm basically a schlub.

— James Murphy

I'm attracted to people I cant have.

— James Murphy

I don't have a TV, and I don't have a radio.

— James Murphy

I think I'm designed to regret everything.

— James Murphy

I've watched too many artists in my life forget how good the things they used to do were.

— James Murphy

I miss producing. I hate it when I do it, but I love it.

— James Murphy

I don't see myself as necessarily a very creative person. I'm a technical guy.

— James Murphy

I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original.

— James Murphy

If there was a direct influence on a song, I never hid it.

— James Murphy

The plan is to keep on putting out records until someone shows up and tells us to stop.

— James Murphy

If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica.

— James Murphy

I have a thing about inane lyrics - the world doesn't need them.

— James Murphy

I don't write off silly pop people at all, because you never know where they're coming from.

— James Murphy

I wouldn't say I'm a friend of David Byrne, but I guess I'm an acquaintance. I'm obviously an admirer, and we've met,…

— James Murphy

When I was a kid, when the Walkman came out, I was sold. I listened to music 24 hours a day.

— James Murphy

Remember Tag You're It! & Then Saying F*ck It I'm Not Playing Anymore!. Cause You Don't Wanna Look For Nobody!

— James Murphy

Making 'Sound of Silver' was very emotional at times, where I just hated making that record.

— James Murphy

After being in a 'professional rock ensemble,' there's a great joy in making music with friends, without any release plan.

— James Murphy

I like clever lyrics, funny lyrics, dumb lyrics. I can never put my finger on what I like about them.

— James Murphy

'Somebody's Calling Me' was written in my sleep, and the original was just the piano and the beat and the singing.

— James Murphy

As things mature - whether they be real estate, rock n' roll, politics, festivals, radio - there's an efficiency that develops, and…

— James Murphy

I had friends who were jocks or whatever... Then, around 12 or 13, kids get cliquish and cruel, and that disgusted me.…

— James Murphy

When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means…

— James Murphy

I spent a good amount of time with David Bowie, and I was talking about getting the band back together. He said,…

— James Murphy

Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way…

— James Murphy

The vast majority of kids in my school went on to college. That's just what you did. And I remember feeling like,…

— James Murphy

I suppose what happened is that I spent my whole life wanting to be cool but eventually came to recognise the mechanism…

— James Murphy

I got a phone message from Janet Jackson saying, 'Hi, I love 'Losing My Edge', can you do me something funky and…

— James Murphy

I am kind of, by definition, a hipster.

— James Murphy

Songs are songs, and to reduce them is to waste them.

— James Murphy

I don't drink beer, and I don't drink at home.

— James Murphy

To do a band properly does kind of mean you don't really get to do anything else.

— James Murphy

I understand that if someone's going to make me his idea of cool, I can't control that.

— James Murphy

I don't think I've ever made a claim to startling originality.

— James Murphy

You can't be afraid to embarrass yourself sometimes.

— James Murphy

I'm a DJ, and I live in Williamsburg, and I run an independent record company.

— James Murphy